Brewer wrote a draft of the upcoming The Legend of Tarzan adaptation for Warner Bros., directed by David Yates.[6] In 2012, Brewer was the executive producer of Katy Perry: Part of Me.[7] That same year, Brewer premiered a documentary he directed about Indie Memphis and filmmakers called Indie Origins.[8] In 2014, Brewer was elected President of Indie Memphis for two years.[9] A year later, Brewer released a video made in conjunction with the Memphis Grizzlies on the city's adoration of player Marc Gasol; Brewer himself makes a brief appearance at the beginning of the video.[10]

Brewer is also the creator of $5 Cover, an MTV drama series about Memphis musicians. The 15-episode show was broadcast online and on MTV, and featured Memphis musicians playing themselves and their original songs. Other TV projects include an episode of The Shield and the pilot to Terriers. Brewer returned to directing TV pilots with Boomerang, starring Felicity Huffman on FOX.[11] The pilot was not picked up by FOX.[12] In January 2014, Brewer signed a deal with Paramount Television to executive produce, write and direct two TV drama pilots.[13] In late May 2015, one of these shows was revealed to be a television adaptation of the film Urban Cowboy; Brewer will write the pilot and direct.[14] The pilot was not picked up by FOX.[15]

In late February 2013, Brewer's theatrical follow-up to Footloose was announced as Gangster Princess of Beverly Hills, based on the true-life crime escapades of Lisette Lee, a young woman who claimed to be the heiress of Samsung. Brewer will write and direct.[16] A year later, Brewer was also attached to potentially direct a new version of The Idolmaker, with Justin Timberlake producing.[17][18]